As ebook adoption grows the form itself is going to evolve, and static text is going to be wrapped with additional features and connectivity. That much we take as a given, even as it remains an unanswered question which features will resonate at scale with readers (and certainly some readers will happily ignore all such options and stay immersed in the text itself). In recent months, a number of bets have been placed on making ebooks more “social.” Amazon went first in a limited way in April, letting Kindle readers highlight and share favorite passages (and tracking those highlights). Then […]
